"Mortar Rafts" Topic
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| alan L | 28 May 2017 3:52 p.m. PST |
I have some 1/600 Peter Pig mortar rafts to paint up. Any idea if they were simply left as unpainted wood or were they in a particular colour? Alan |
Frederick  | 28 May 2017 5:01 p.m. PST |
I am pretty sure they were mostly unpainted wood At least, mine are! |
 StoneMtnMinis | 28 May 2017 5:11 p.m. PST |
Mortar rafts did not have a long service life. The recoil of the mortar would eventually break the deck timbers and split the hull. So plain wood is fine. |
| alan L | 29 May 2017 2:21 a.m. PST |
Thanks. Plain wood it is! |
ScottWashburn  | 30 May 2017 6:02 a.m. PST |
Looking at some photos I saw at least one that looked like it was painted black. |
| EJNashIII | 30 May 2017 8:39 p.m. PST |
Weren't they armored with boiler plate which gave them a almost black color? |
| ScottWashburn | 31 May 2017 9:28 a.m. PST |
I don't think they were armored since they were never supposed to directly engage the enemy. They did have heavy timber construction to stand the strain of firing. |
| wargamer6 | 31 May 2017 10:16 a.m. PST |
They look like they are painted black to me as well, check out some photos of them. link |
| EJNashIII | 31 May 2017 6:17 p.m. PST |
I found a reference that says they had 1/2" iron plate over the casement sides. link Jack Coggins book Arms and Equipment of the Civil war also says the sides were covered in boiler plate. The armor was protection from sniper fire. |
| alan L | 02 Jun 2017 1:23 p.m. PST |
Again, many thanks. I think a black/gray should do nicely. |
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completes a Confederate river ironclad.
